When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
ZHUANGZIThe perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
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The knowledge of the ancients reached the highest point-the time before anything existed. This is the highest point. It is exhaustive. There is no adding to it.
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Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent – herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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Men do not mirror themselves in running water – they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
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Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views-then the world will be governed.
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Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
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You are still guided by your expectations.
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The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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